GARBO NEWS

December 27, 2008

New Garbo fragances by Grès

The Austrian perfum company Grès, will release (spring 2009) three Garbo dedicated fragances. The three fragrances of the Parfums Grès Collection Hommage à Greta Garbo will be offered as Eau de Parfum in 60 ml bottles. The names are: Mythos, Sphinx and Goddess.

Press Release: Launch of the Parfums Grès Collection – Hommage à Greta Garbo

A year after the release of Hommage à Marlene Dietrich, Parfums Grès is preparing to launch a new trio of scents dedicated this time to Garbo called Hommage à Greta Garbo which will launch in the spring of 2009. Like Marlene Dietrich, Garbo was one of the famous customers of couturière Madame Grès.

The set comprises Mythos, Sphinx, Goddess in reference to the particular charisma that exuded from the star whom people could not wait to see laugh at long last in what must have been the most self-conscious laugh in history in Ninotchka (1939). And she did, beautifully so, and a bit strangely at the same time.

"With her classic beauty, her noble aura and an occasional playful wink of the eye, she (Greta Garbo) fascinated both men and women. The fact that she loved being alone and hated the media frenzy enhanced her appeal to the public. In the course of her 19-year film career in which she made 27 films, she gave only 14 interviews.

She was referred to as „the Goddess" or the „Swedish Sphinx". In contrast to other Hollywood stars she never gave an autograph, never attended the premieres of her films and never answered fan mail. In spite of this, she had a powerful effect on her times and the fashion of her day. The way she wore her make-up, styled her hair and dressed greatly influenced the trends of the Thirties." ...

Mythos – Hommage à Greta Garbo is a floral fruity perfume that interprets elegance in a new and youthful way, for fruity notes are especially popular with younger women. The head note tantalizes with the scents of apples, oranges, black currants and pineapple. The classic, elegant floral accents unfold in the heart note - rose, freesia and peony - typical ingredients found in sophisticated French perfumes. Subtle sensuousness permeates the whole fragrance composition through the delicate base note of musk, sandalwood and iris.

Sphinx – Hommage à Greta Garbo is a delicate fresh-floral perfume. The essences of exotic blossoms blend in a refined manner with woody and fruity fragrances. First the delicate scents of litchi, peach and Yuzu (a precious citrus fruit from Asia) captivate the senses. After a few minutes the exhilarating heart note of lotus blossoms, rose petals and white peony unfolds, then merges perfectly with the discreetly disarming base notes of cedar, musk and patchouli.

Goddess – Hommage à Greta Garbo is a floral-oriental perfume, a fragrance that expresses the elegant sensuousness of the great artist. In Goddess the most beautifully eroticizing fragrance essences delicately cast their spell: The head note mesmerises with plum, mandarin orange and cardamom. In the heart note, a voluptuous cocktail of cinnamon, heliotrope and jasmine unfolds. The base note beguiles with sandalwood, moss, vanilla and ambergris, merging wonderfully with the skin. The bottle and packaging were designed by the Parisian design studio Aesthete.

The three fragrances of the Parfums Grès Collection Hommage à Greta Garbo will be offered as Eau de Parfum in 60 ml bottles, each at a price of CHF 89.00 or Euro 59.00. Available as of Spring 2009 at selected perfumeries.

More info  HERE!

Thanks to Nakis

December 26, 2008

New GG Video tribute on Youtube!

Thanks to Gigi

December 24, 2008

Advent calendar 2008

Click on the picture of the day !

December 23, 2008

Merry Christmas to everyone from RubyRed!

2009 GG calendar

May this Holiday season be filled with joy and love, yours Anna.

   
   
   

More art by RubyRed  HERE!

December 20, 2008

Garbo and Marlene Dietrich making out in Mr. S's swimming pool?

In the 2003 released Frank Sinatra book, Mr. S: My Life with Frank Sinatra by George Jacobs and William Stadiem, they write that Jacobs once catched Dietrich and Garbo in Sinatra's pool, swimming naked and kissing. You can find the story  HERE!

the book

Anyway, rumor is that Hollywood is now making a film based on Jacobs life starring Chris Tucker. We wonder if they will include the 'pool' scene. LOL

Jacobs, was the right hand of Frank Sinatra from 1953 to 1968. He arguably had one of the coolest jobs in the world at the time when Sinatra was the undisputed master of the entertainment universe. Jacobs rose from his humble beginnings in New Orleans to join Sinatra in the mansions of Beverly Hills, the penthouses of Manhattan, the palaces of Europe, the pinnacles of world power. George Jacobs saw it all, did it all.

More info on GG and Maria Riva's mother  HERE!

December 18, 2008

Colorization of Garbo photos by Alberto D'arce

Here is an amazing new photo colorized by Alberto.

More info  HERE!

December 18, 2008

The restored version of  The Joyless Street  finally on DVD!

Due of all the christmas stress we totally forgot to tell you that an Austrian company released the restored version The Joyless Street (Die freudlose Gasse, Germany 1925) on DVD in late October, 2008.

It was long rumored and announced but the release date was many times changed. Anyway, here it is and its FAB! A big bonus for the specials and a big minus for not putting Greta on the cover art.

 
Greta in The Joyless Street

It has been released by Austrian company Filmarchiv Austria. The DVD does also feature a wonderful booklet (220 pages, with the title: “Wien, die Inflation und das Elend”) and a new composed soundtrack by Burkhard Stangl.

DVD cover art

A German DVD relase in May 2009!

Further info is that the DVD will be re-released for the German market in May 2009, under Edition Filmmuseum. This version, , will be available with another new soundtrack by Aljoscha Zimmermann.

The Germany DVD does feature:

- Die freudlose Gasse (Germany, 1925),  148 minutes
- Music by Aljoscha Zimmermann
- Pressphotos
- Der andere Blick (Germany 1991), Documentary
- Pabst wieder sehen ( Germany 1997), Documentary
- CD- ROM with screenplay concepts and documents
- Booklet with essays by Jan-Christopher Horak and Werner Sudendorf

You can get the DVD  HERE!

December 10, 2008

*Srepac's scan of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by Srepac!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

December 05, 2008

Profiles in History Auction to Feature Garbo photos

Profiles in History is holding its 33rd Hollywood Memorabilia auction on December 11 which includes Garbo photos too. It includes:

Garbo portrait by Clarence Sinclair Bull from Inspiration ($4,000-6,000)

Garbo portrait by Clarence Sinclair Bull from Mata Hari ($4,000-$6,000)

More info  HERE!

December 3, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

December 02, 2008

Christie's is selling copie of Garbo's bracelet

A bracelet watch, similar to GG's watch in Two-Faced Woman (USA 1941) will be sold at Christie's. Estimazed price: $1,400 - $2,100.

More info  HERE!

Thanks to Patrick.

November 30, 2008

The Temptress screening in Germany

In Potsdam (Germany) there is a exhibition of 6,000 original movie still in Potsdam's film museum. One is from the film The Temptress (USA 1926) with Greta.

The exhibition will be held til mid March, 2009. The screening of The Temptress is on Nov. 30 at 18.00 A.M.

 
Garbo in her American debut picture

More info  HERE!

November 20, 2008

The Painted Veil DVD finally released in Germany!

Well, sadly not the 'Garbo' version but the 2007 'remake' with Naomi Watts and Edward Norton. The DVD will be released in Germany on Feb. 19, 2009 on Blue Ray.

Garbo in the 1934 version

More info  HERE!

November 20, 2008

Fantastic collection of vintage Garbo photos

Find some amazing GG pictures by Bull  HERE!

More on GG and Bull  HERE!

Thanks to Anne

November 20, 2008

MGM: When The Lion Roars - Docu on Youtube!

Finally on Youtube. This is a American TV-Mini-series made in 1992. More info  HERE!

Thanks to Cristina

November 19, 2008

Amazing LIFE magazine photos of our Garbo

Google will publish 10 million LIFE magazine photos. Today about 20 percent of the collection is online; during the next few months, they will be adding the entire LIFE archive.

Go  HERE!

Thanks to Vi.

November 18, 2008

New interresting book: TCM Leading Couples

TCM Leading Couples: Unforgettable Screen Romances Of The Studio Era, is a new book by Robert Osborne.

The book is a Turner Classic Movies production, and features the most unforgettable screen pairings of the studio era, including actors and actresses with many film courtships and those who made their indelible mark in a single, memorable movie. It does contain a part of Garbo and Robert Taylor.

More Details  HERE!

November 18, 2008

New Garbo postcards

Maybe of interrest for all the postcards collectors. The German company 'Gutsch Verlag' released several postcards with classic films stars portraits. At least 2 dif. Garbo cards are available. More info  HERE!

More Garbo postcards  HERE!

Thanks to Damaris

November 17, 2008

Garbo's Shipboard Press Conference 1938

Ever wanted to know what Garbo told reporters at this famous conference? Here is an expert from the famous Garbo press conference she once held in Göteborg/Sweden (on Board of the Gripsholm). The date was October 7, 1938. The interview was published in a German News (ZB) magazine.

October 7, 1938

Go  HERE!

November 17, 2008

*Srepac's scan of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by Srepac!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

November 16, 2008

Ever wanted to know how GG's summerhouse in Hårby ( Sweden) looks now?

Hårby was Garbo's Swedish home. It was the first house she purchased. Hårby gård was a large estate in Sweden. It is situated on Lake Sillen outside the town of Gnesta in the county of Södermanland. An hour's train ride southwest of Stockholm. It was a beautiful thousand-acre forested estate with fifteen-room manor house.

Garbo purchased it in 1936, for her mother and her brother Sven and his family. Hårby is slightly 40 Milessouthwest of Stockholm, on the mainland. The Estate covered 1000 acres and dated back to the 16th Century when it was owned by the noble family of Leuhus. It was owned by Greta between 1936 -1947.Garbo's brother Sven took care of the estate and lived their, along with his family and mother, from 1937- 1939, until they moved to California.

 
Hårby in 2001 and in 1936

This is a fab video from Hans Kjellstrom

More info  HERE!

Thanks to Hans

November 14, 2008

GretaGarbo.com has opened!

LICENCEBOX, is proud to announce the launching of GRETAGARBO.COM, the official website of the one of the greatest and most alluring actress of all time. The site is the best new source for everything Garbo.

Featuring exclusive images and clips direct from the estate, the site has just what every Garbo fan needs. There's biography, trivia, quotes, filmography, movie trailers and video tributes.

Gifts and apparel featuring the screen goddess are available in the Greta Garbo store. This includes jewelry inspired by Garbo, designed by her nephew, Derek Ricefield. You can also keep informed of exhibitions, screenings, and other breaking news about the immortal actress, through the site itself or sign up to receive email updates.

Come see the new home of film's most enigmatic and fascinating woman at  GRETAGARBO.COM

We also got another messsage from  The Garbo Estate.  They know our homepage and are amazed by the scope of the materials.

More Details   HERE!

November 13, 2008

Patricia Kaas' Garbo tribute!

Maybe of interest? The new album of French signer Patricia Kaas is called Kabaret and it is a tribute to the idols of Kaas of the 1930s, including Garbo, Marlene etc.

The song she may recored in memory of GG is called Alone? Have a listen.

You can find information  HERE!

Thanks to Nakis

November 12, 2008

*New on YouTube!*

Mini scene from the  Mata Hari: Uncensored Version

Various books wrote how the film was a victim of censorship when it was re-released in 1938/1939. Some scenes were cut out to satisfy the Hays Office. In spring 2005 the uncensored version of the film was shown in Brussels/Belgium at the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique. Warner is aware of it and it is now up to them to restore the film and release it on DVD. More info about the film  HERE!

The Uncensored Version does contain the following scenes and takes:

The Mata Hari's dance scene at the beginning is much longer. The original dance scene goes on and on. Most revealing as Garbo continues in a frenetic dance to approach the statue of Shiva. She does is in such a suggestive way, that she seems to imply that she actually makes love with it. In the last shot she takes the top off and we see her from behind – totally nude. See a short snippet here:

Garbo DVD petitions
 
Garbo on DVD! A little reminder to sign the Garbo DVD petitions to get more of her films on DVD!

Please support us and sign  HERE  or  HERE!

Thanks to Georg, Nakis and Fabby

November 11, 2008

Gösta Berlings Saga - updated!

Incl. background story and many more info about the film.

Go  HERE!

November 11, 2008

MGM Movies Coming to YouTube

A new generation will now be able to enjoy Clark Gable, Greta Garbo and a host of classic as well as contemporary movies.

Greta posing with Jackie the Lion (known as Leo the Lion), the MGM's mascot.

MGM, one of Hollywood's oldest and venerated movie makers, is joining forces with YouTube. MGM movies and TV shows will be shown in full on the video-sharing website in exchange for advertising revenue.

More Details  HERE!

November 11, 2008

* RubyRed's magazine article of the month! Update! *

Very interresting Garbo articles from RubyRed!

You can find them  HERE!

November 9, 2008

*New on YouTube!*

Garbo talks - complete film on YouTube

See a clips on Daniel's (pventertainment) Youtube channel. Go  HERE!

Garbo Talks is a 1984 film directed by Sidney Lumet. The movie stars Anne Bancroft as a terminally ill woman who asks her son, Gilbert, to help her fulfill her last wish: to meet Greta Garbo. As her son, played by Ron Silver, carries out his search for Garbo, he confronts his relationship with his wife and an interest in a struggling actress.

The movie was written by Larry Grusin and stars Bancroft, Silver, Carrie Fisher, Catherine Hicks and Steven Hill. Bancroft was nominated for a Golden Globe for her work in the film. Supporting roles include: Howard Da Silva and Dorothy Loudon, a down-on-his-luck paparazzo and his agent, Harvey Fierstein, a gay man that Gilbert meets on the Fire Island ferry, and Hermione Gingold, a nearly-senile actress who once worked with the elusive Garbo. Rumor was that Garbo played herself in this film but actually it is b roadway songwriter Betty Comden.

More info about the film  HERE!

Thanks to Cris

November 6, 2008

Gösta Berling Saga screening in Italy

A tribute to Selma Lagerlöf (for her 150th Anniversary of her birth) will be held in Italy (on November 7th, 2008 at 9 PM) and it will include with contributions from the Swedish Embassy.

They will show the restored version of Gösta Berling Saga at the Spazio Oberdan-Fondazione Cineteca Italiana in Milan (Italy). It will be accompaniment by a live piano played by Francesca Badalini.

More Details  HERE!

Thanks to RubyRed

November 5, 2008

Ciccione's art - Update

Tribute to Greta Garbo in Color - 02

Colorized pictures

More art by Ciccione  HERE!

November 5, 2008

Grand Hotel screening in San Francisco

MGM's 1932 Classic, will be screened, Thursday at the Legion of Honor's Berliner Film Fest in San Francisco (USA) on  Nov 05, 2008 7:00 AM.

More Details  HERE!

Thanks to Nakis

November 5, 2008

*New on YouTube!*

Three new Garbo cartoons added to our YouTube channel!

More info about the video  HERE!

November 3, 2008

Garbo retrospective in Damascus

Another tribute to the Divine, this time from the Damascus International Film Festival (in Syria), which started Novemeber 1st and ends November 11th. They show  Camille, Queen Christina, Anna Karenina, Mata Hari, Anna Christie, Grand Hotel, Flesh and the Devil and The Mysterious Lady.

More Details  HERE!

Thanks to Nakis

November 2, 2008

Queen Christina screening in England

Queen Christina is show at the British Film Institute in London on December 1st, 3rd and 4th.

More Details  HERE!

Thanks to Annie

November 1, 2008

Teaser for a new Garbo feature film?

We just saw something truly wonderful. You can see a short trailer teaser for another planned 'Garbo Feauture Film'  (not to be confused with the Buddy Bregman production), directed by Italian director, writer and photographer Ketch Rossi.  

  
  
Some caps. Yelena Popovic as Greta Garbo and Matt Stasi as John Gilbert

‘Garbo' is a 7 minutes teaser.  Rossi was asked to do this little piece of art for a friend, who wrote the script for a feature film based on Garbo's life. The teaser was much appreciated by the producer but further work on this ‘Garbo' film project, was shelved.

Maybe they put the production on hold until they find a more known director, to give their project some weight in Hollywood. The truly wonderful piece of work is Rossi's directorial debut and was shot in one day with a mini budget, on a beautiful Downtown LA penthouse hotel set in the twenties.

See the Trailer  HERE!

If this is going to be turned into a full feature film? We are trying to find out.

More info on Garbo bio-pics  HERE!

November 1, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

October 31, 2008

Grand Hotel screening in Germany

 

On November 7th, 2008 there will be a screening of Grand Hotel at the Kulturhaus Caserne in Friedrichshafen/ Germany.

More Details  HERE!

Octobder 30, 2008

*Garbo package of the month Update!*

The November "Halloween" package by RubyRed!

Download the Zip-file   HERE!

October 29, 2008

Finally! Mark A. Vieira's Thalberg book released!

The man who gave us one of Garbo's best books, A Cinematic Legacy, is releasing his book on Thalberg this month.

Mark Vieira has an undisputed eye for beauty, especially the glamorized beauty of Hollywood's golden studio era. A portrait photographer, film historian, and the author of four previous volumes — Hurrell's Hollywood Portraits, Sin in Soft Focus: Pre-Code Hollywood, Hollywood Horror: From Gothic to Cosmic, and of course, Greta Garbo: A Cinematic Legacy, all published by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. — Vieira graciously forwarded me his latest Abrams publication, Hollywood Dreams Made Real: Irving Thalberg and the Rise of M-G-M.

There is a huge part on Garbo in the book. So please check out.

You can get the book  HERE!

October 29, 2008

Auction house, Christies' is selling an orginal Beaton photo now!

See  HERE!

October 25, 2008

"New" Gösta Berlings Saga DVD released

The DVD has been re-released in Sweden with an amazing artwork.

You can get the DVD  HERE!

October 24 , 2008

* RubyRed's magazine article of the month! Update! *

Very interresting Garbo articles from RubyRed!

You can find them  HERE!

October 24, 2008

Garbo films in Austria

The Austrian Filmmuseum in Vienna, will have a restrospective (15th of Nov. - 30th of Nov.) on Swedish silent films this month and they show the Scandinavian Garbo films. Gosta Berling Saga, plus Luffar-Petter, the advertisements at PUB, the lost reel of The Divine Woman and some other Garbo footage.

Reklamfilm PUB (1921), Luffar-Petter (1922), Gosta Berlings Saga (1924), The Divine Woman (1928), Greta Garbo drives back to the USA (1929).

More information can be found  HERE!

Thanks to Nakis

October 24, 2008

A Woman of Affairs screening in Vienna

On May 5 th 2009 there will be a screening of A Woman of Affairs at the Vienna Konzerthaus. They will present the film with Carl Davis orchestra and it will be conducted my Frank Strobel.

More Details  HERE!

Thanks to Nakis

October 24, 2008

Love screening in New York

Garbo and Gilbert's silent film Love will be screened, Tuesday, November 11th at George Eastman House's Dryden Theatre (Rochester, NY). Live piano accompaniment by Dr. Philip C. Carli.

More information can be found  HERE!

Thanks to Ivana

Octobder 22, 2008

*Garbo package of the month Update!*

The "Ninotchka" package!

Download the Zip-file   HERE!

October 19, 2008

Cecil Beatons sofa for sale

This 1920's sofa from Cecil Beatons house was sold at an auction in 1980 after Beaton had died. There are photos of Garbo sitting on this sofa (from early 1950s) from his Reddish House in Broadchalke. The person (Bjorn A.) who owns the sofa, would like to sell the sofa now.

If you are interrested in this sofa, just mail us John@GarboForever.com and will send you Björn's email address.

Thanks to Dirk and Bjorn

More info on Garbo and Beaton  HERE!

October 19, 2008

*Srepac's scan of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by Srepac!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

October 18, 2008

Die freudlose Gasse screening in Vienna

There is a Die freudlose Gasse (restored version) screening in Vienna (Austria) this month on Thursday, 30. October 2008, (19:30 Uhr). The film will be shown with new music by Burkhard Stangl.

More Details  HERE!

October 17, 2008

MoMA Presents an Exhibition of Hand-Painted Film Posters

All made by Artist Batiste Madalena in the 1920s, Madalena did the film poster for Garbo's The Mysterious Lady.

This exhibition is on view October 20, 2008, through March 14, 2009, in The Roy and Niuta Titus Theaters and The Celeste Bartos Theater.

More Details  HERE!

More on GG's film poster  HERE!

October 15, 2008

Camille screening in New Mexico

 

There is a Film Series inm Carlsbad (New Mexcico) this month. They will show Garbo's love triangle Camille at 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 17, in Room 153.

More Details  HERE!

October 11, 2008

'Garbo's eyelashes' are back!

Polish fashion designe, Barbara Hulanicki, brings the 'Garbo look' back. They are on rubber ducks! Its real, they were made for Breast Cancer Awareness.

Barbara Hulanicki's "Garbo" duckie design

"My inspiration for the design came from my love of Greta Garbo and those fabulous eye lashes!" explains Hulanicki of her design, which has huge, fluttering eyes.

Garbo's trademarks

More info  HERE  and more on Garbo's special eyes  HERE!

October 11, 2008

Edward Steichen exhibition in Germany

The artmuseum in Wolfsburg/Stuttgart (Germany), helds a special tribute to photographer Steichen from October 11 to January 4. The exhibition is called 'Steichen in High Fashion' and they will also show some orginal Garbo portraits made by Edward.

 

More info on Garbo and Steichen  HERE  and info on the artmuseum  HERE!

October 10, 2008

*New on YouTube!*

"As You Desire Me" - complete film on YouTube

More info about the video  HERE!

Thanks to Ivana

October 1, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

September 29, 2008

Flesh and the Devil screening in New York

Flesh and the Devil will be screened on October 4, 8PM EDT at the Landmark Loew's Jersey Theatre.

The Loew's Jersey is a historic movie palace now operated as a non-profit arts center.  It is located minutes outside of New York City, in Jersey City, N.J.  (And easily reached by PATH subway train from lower and midtown Manhattan as well as Newark's Penn Station, and is minuted from the NJ Turnpike Exit 15E, the Lincoln and Holland Tunnels and Rts 3 and 1&9.)

Classic film is an important part of our programming. Their booth is equipped for reel to reel projection using Kinoton FP20 studio grade projectors.  They still use carbon arc illumination for the brightest, whitest light.

And now, their massive, 4/23 theatre pipe organ has been completely restored after 1 years of painstaking work. Garbo's Flesh and the Devil was selected as the perfect film for the re-dedication of the organ.

Admission for the screening is $10. Form more information, visit their website  HERE!

Thanks to Colin

September 29, 2008

Rare Vintage photo of Garbo in New York

From Sept. 16 through Oct. 11 there is a show of work by Max  Ree, the Danish-American costume designer who created the  Garbo Collar from the silent film The Torrent.

Max Ree and Greta Garbo, 1926
Photograph, 10 x 8 inches

A vintage Hollywood photo of Garbo in this special coat, with Ree, is included in the show.

More info  HERE!

Thanks to Susan

September 27, 2008

Mata Hari screening in Kansas City

On October 10 and 11, the National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial, launches a  film series, dedicated to women's role in the first World War. One of the films is Garbo's Mata Hari.

More info HERE!

September 23, 2008

*Garbo package of the month Update!*

The "Queen Christina" package!

Download the Zip-file   HERE!

September 19, 2008

*Srepac's scan of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by Srepac!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

September 18, 2008

Rubyred Art - Update- Tribute to our beloved GG

More art by RubyRed  HERE!

September 18, 2008

Hollywood Movie Stills: The Golden Age – New book with HQ Garbo pictures

This is a new book, coming out in October 2008. Garbo is just a part of it but it does include many movie-stills from famous movie stars and there is a bunch of HQ Garbo pictures in the book.

You can get the book   HERE!

Visit Garbo's bibliography   HERE!

Thanks to Gianni

September 13, 2008

* RubyRed's magazine article of the month! Update! *

Very interresting Garbo articles from RubyRed!

You can find them  HERE!

September 6, 2008

New Italian book on Garbo and Gaylord Hauser

The new book is about the dolce vita area in Taormina (Italy), where Garbo's friend Gaylord Hauser lived. GG was often in his house and Gaylord's cook talks in this book about her. The book is written by Mirone Luciano and the title is L' antiquario di Greta Garbo. Taormina, l'ultima dolce vita siciliana. You can get the book  HERE!

Visit Garbo's bibliography   HERE!

Thanks to RubyRed

September 1, 2008

Garbo Letter in Spanish Exhibition

In Vitoria (Spain) there is an exhibition of objects belonging to different artists such as Marilyn Monroe, James Dean and Garbo. They show a letter signed by Greta Garbo and her silver hairbrush.

More Details  HERE!

Thansk to Luca

September 1, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

September 1, 2008

Garbo Retrospective in Russia!

In September there is a Garbo Movies Retrospective on Russian TV station - Culture Channel
.
 
They will show four of Garbo's films:

September 1:
A Woman of Affairs  (at 11:20 a.m.)
 
September 2:
Wild Orchids  (at 11:20 a.m.)
 
September 3:
Romance  (at 11:20 a.m.)
 
September 4:
Susan Lenox – Her Fall and Rise  (at 11:20 a.m.)

More Details  HERE!

Thanks to Natalia

August 25 , 2008

*Srepac's scan of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by Srepac!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

August 25, 2008

New Garbo book released!

This is a new Russian release. Its part of a movie stars series.

You can get the book  HERE!

Visit Garbo's bibliography  HERE!

Thanks to Natalia

August 18, 2008

*Garbo package of the month Update!*

The "Mata Hari" package!

Download the Zip-file   HERE!

August 15, 2008

News about "Garbo - the Bio-Pic"

Many Garbo fans mailed us and aksed what happened with Buddy Bregman's Garbo bio-pic, well we finally have news the movie is still planned and Bregman found his long searched  'Garbo'.

Proder, director and writer Buddy Bregman

Anna-Karin Eskilsson as Garbo

She was born and raised in Sweden, lives in New York and had short parts in films like Sex in the City (USA 2008) and Darren Aronofsky's The Wrestler (USA 2008)  Bregman and his team did some photos with her and he told us that they are a GEM !!! We can't wait.

Anna-Karin Eskilsson

The movie is still planned to be released sometime in 2009. More info on the film  HERE,  HERE  and  HERE!

Thanks to Buddy.

August 10, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

August 07, 2008

Grand Hotel screening in Belmont

Watch Garbo in Grand Hotel, in Belmont (Boston/USA) on Aug. 29. It takes place at take place at the Senior Center.

More Details  HERE!

August 6, 2008

* RubyRed's magazine article of the month! Update! *

Very interresting Garbo articles from RubyRed!

You can find them  HERE!

August 1, 2008

Garbo at TCM - August 2008 schedule!

by RubyRed

TCM USA

August 4:
  The Divine Woman (5:00 AM)
Anna Christie  (12:30 AM)

August 7:
 The Temptress (6:00 AM)
Flesh and the Devil (8:00 AM)
The Mysterious Lady (10:00 AM)
The Divine Woman (11:31 AM)
Woman of Affairs (11:45 AM)

Short Film: Garbo Festival  (1:52 PM)
Mata Hari (1:30 PM)
Queen Christina (3:00 PM)
Anna Karenina (4:45 PM)
Garbo -  2005 documentary (6:30 PM)

Camille (10:00 PM)
Ninotchka  (8:00 PM)
Grand Hotel  (12:00 AM)
Two-Faced Woman  (2:00 AM)
The Kiss  (3:45 AM)

The divine Garbo - 1990 documentary  (5:00 AM)
 

by RubyRed
 

TCM UK

August 16:
Ninotchka  (07:00)

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July 22, 2008

*Garbo package of the month Update!*

The "Camille" package!

Download the Zip-file   HERE!

July 18, 2008

Garbo at the Majestic Cinema in France

Garbo will he honoured among other great stars at the Majestic Cinema in the city of Lille in France which they have a big festival during July and August dedicated to the greatest film stars.

Garbo is especially honoured as you can see from that wonderful photo of hers they put on their program which.They will show Susan Lennox, Mata Hari (censored version) and As You Desire Me.

More details  HERE!

Thanks to Nakis

July 18, 2008

*Srepac's scan of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by Srepac!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

July 12, 2008

Little Girl

Sothbey's offers a collection of early Greta Garbo postcards and photographs owned by Garbo's childhood friend, Lisa Fager. The lot to be auctioned in London on July 17th.

It includes:

I) a collection of fifteen photographs of Greta Garbo (Gustaffson), her classmates and 'Aunt Gustafsson', chiefly original prints, one of the portraits the only print to survive from the six copies which Garbo herself ordered from a professional photographer but then tore up, ranging in size from a small passport-size portrait of her in 1918 to large school class photographs of c.165 x 230mm. (plus mounts), chiefly c.1915-1930, traces of mounting

II) an early autograph postcard signed G.G. by Garbo (Greta Gustafsson), sending greetings in Swedish, written in pencil, with a mock-postage stamp also drawn in pencil [literal translation:] "May the sun of joy [shine] its rays in such a way upon you on your celebration day, may happiness not stray from you I wish that out of my heart" Garbo delivered this card herself after school through Lisa Fager's letterbox.

III) an autograph four-line note signed by Garbo (G.G.), in Swedish, written in ink on a magazine illustration [literal translation:] "...Hanne how sweet I think you are. I have seen you so many times and all equally enchanting..."

iv) two autograph postcards written to Lisa Fager by Greta Garbo's brother Sven Gustafsson, in Swedish, sending greetings from a festive Paris and from London, 1928-1930 Some of this material is illustrated in John Wallin's book Garbo: En stjärnas väg (Stockholm, 1955), a copy of which is included in the lot.

July 10, 2008

Ninotchka screening in California

Watch Garbo in her first comedy, Ninotchka. At 3.00 pm, in South Tampa (Florida, California/USA) on July 13th.

More Details  HERE!

July 10, 2008

Dietrich and Garbo tribute at Gosport Discovery Centre in England

Garbo and Dietrich

The Gosport Discovery Centre will have an informative evening exploring screen legends Dietrich and Garbo,  and their influence from the 1920s to the present day. The session (Dietrich and Garbo Film Workshop) includes film extracts and they will also show Garbo's The Kiss. It starts on July 14th (7.00 pm).

More Details  HERE!

July 8, 2008

* RubyRed's magazine article of the month! Update! *

Very interresting Garbo articles from RubyRed!

You can find them  HERE!

July 8, 2008

Garbo at TCM - July 2008 schedule!

Collage by Werner

TCM UK

July 23:
Flesh and the devil  (07:05)

July 30:
Grand Hotel  (11:00)
 

Collage by Werner

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July 5, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month ! Gallery Update!*

Very rare Garbo movie stills from Hollywood by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

June 25, 2008

*GarboForever Update*

   
colorized by Jean-Charles

Garbo art
(Trivia)  Click  HERE! (thanks to Patrick)

Garbo pictures - 100 rare pics added
(Gallery) Click   HERE! (thanks to Werner, Srepac, Luca and Ivana)

Garbo and MGM
(Trivia) Click  HERE! (thanks to Werner)

Garbo Video' s - lots of new clips
(Media) Click  HERE!

Garbo related Films and Documentaries
(Trivia) Click   HERE! (thanks to Fabby, RubyRed, Paul and Delilah)

Scoring Garbo
(Trivia) Click  HERE!  (Thanks Wes)

Garbo - The Name
(Trivia) Click   HERE! (thanks to Annie and Rune)

Garbo's Grave
(Trivia) Click  HERE!

Garbo rumors
(Trivia) Click  HERE!  (Thanks to Paul)

Garbo interviews
(Trivia) Click   HERE!  (thanks to Cristina, Werner and Bea)

Garbo doubles
(Trivia) Click   HERE!  (Thanks Ty and David)

Garbo musicals and stage plays
(Trivia) Click   HERE! (Thanks Cristina)

Garbo's postcards: New ones added (again)
(Media) Click   HERE! (thanks to Peter, Jolante, Werner, Bea and Mireille)

Garbo cartoons
(Media) Click   HERE! (thanks to the GAC forum)

Garbo's lobbycards
(Media) Click  HERE! (thanks to Mireille)

Garbo press articles
(Media) Click  HERE! (thanks to RubyRed and Mireille)

Garbo Audio' s - lots of new clips
(Media) Click  HERE! (thanks to Mireille)

Thanks to all TJ

June 25, 2008

Ninotchka screening at the Majestic in Gettysburg/USA

There is a screening of Ninotcka, at the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg/US A on Thursday, June 26, 2008.

More details   HERE!

June 22, 2008

*Garbo package of the month Update!*

The "Greta Garbo Stockholm Tour - Part II" package!

Download the Zip-file   HERE!

June 21, 2008

Artnet Online Auctions – Photographic Portraits Sales incl. Garbo Portfolio

Artnet launches Photographic Portraits Sale featuring 20 photographs of Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, Garbo, and other iconic figures by 15 renowned photographers.

Garbo by Bull

The sale includes 20 works by 15 photographers with price estimates between US $1,000 and US $65,000. The sale goes from June 20–30, 2008.

They are selling a beautyful Garbo portfolio with an estimated price of US $2,500 - $3,500.

Clarence Sinclair Bull: Garbo Portfolio I, five photographs

More info  HERE!

June 19, 2008

Garbo telegram at Christie's Auction

On June 25,  2008, a Western Union telegram, addressed and signed by Greta in pencil will be sold.

The telegram reads: My Love To You All, GG.

See the auction  HERE!

Thanks to RubyRed

June 16, 2008

New design for The Garbo Society

In Sweden it is simply known as Garbosällskapet.  This little but very impressive  Garbo "museum" was founded, by The Garbo Society, in 2001 in Hogsby (Sweden). It is an independent idealistic association. The "Museum" is open to every interested person.

The new site is constructed and run by Weronicha Svaleng. We want to send them some compliments and good luck for 2008.

More info   HERE  and HERE!

June 15, 2008

Garbo's childhood pictures at Sotheby's auction

A Collection of early postcards and photographs, previously owned by Greta Garbo's childhood friend Lisa Fager, will be auctioned on July 17, 2008.

Click   HERE  for more Info!

Thanks to RubyRed

June 12, 2008

* RubyRed's magazine article of the month! Update! *

Very interresting Garbo articles from RubyRed!

You can find them  HERE!

June 5, 2008

Greta's third and hard to find advertising film!

We just discovered that another scene from Garbo's small and third advertising film SVERIGE OCH SVENSKA INDUSTRIER excists.

In this short Advertising/Promotional film, Greta points at the town of Malmö on a wall map. The film version does exist. Swedish TV does have a copy.

Have a look but don't blink because its very short. To see this after years of waiting made us so happy. This is for all GG fans. Enjoy, TJ and J

You can find more Info   HERE!

June 05, 2008

Garbo at TCM - June 2008 schedule!

TCM UK

June 9:
Ninotchka  (11:00)

June 12:
Flesh and the devil  (5:00)

June 14:
Anna Christie  (7:25)

June 17:
Grand Hotel  (7:05)



TCM USA

June 22:
Love  (12:30 AM)

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June 1, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month ! Gallery Update!*

Very rare Garbo movie stills from Hollywood by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

May 27, 2008

Flesh and the Devil screening in Boston (USA)!

There is a new screening of Flesh and the Devil, at the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline/Boston, on June 2nd. The film starts at 7:15 PM.

More Info   HERE!

May 25, 2008

GarboForever-Update - Movie programs!

After weeks of work, we can announce that over 100 Garbo movie programs have been added. From Luffar-Petter to Two-Faced Woman, and many more. Special thanks to Werner, Mireile and Bea.

Click  HERE!

May 25, 2008

TCM To Spotlight Gay Pride Month

In celebration of June's Gay Pride Month, Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will present Screened Out: Gay Images in Film, a month-long, on-air film presentation of the varied concepts, stereotypes and imagery of gays & lesbians as represented in classic Hollywood cinema. 

Queen Christina (1933) also ran into censor difficulties, but these were over its portrayal of the queen's fictitious heterosexual romance; the more authentic love affair between the queen (Greta Garbo) and Countess Ebba (Elizabeth Young) was allowed to remain.

" Good morning Ebba!"

They will screen Garbo's Queen Christina on Wednesday, June 6 at 1:00 AM. More info  HERE!

May 22, 2008

*Garbo package of the month Update!*

The "Greta Garbo Stockholm Tour - Part I" package!

Download the Zip-file   HERE!

May 12, 2008

"New" Joyless Street DVD!

Most fans didn't even notice but a "new" DVD release of this German masterpiece. It was released by Synergy Video, sometime in autumn of 2007 but do not get nervous, its just the 90 minutes (the 1981 French release) butchered version. But it's better than nothing, i think.

More info on Garbo DVD's HERE!

Thanks to David

May 12, 2008

*Srepac's scan of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by Srepac!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

May 06, 2008

Grand Hotel screening in Vallejo, California!

Grand Hotel will be screened at the The Empress Theatre in Vallejo, California on May 9th, 2008.

Vallejo's newly restored Empress Theatre has taken the concept of cocktails and an old movie to a new level, kicking off its VinGinCine series Friday, with a classic Greta Garbo flick - Grand Hotel.

More Info   HERE!

May 03, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month ! Gallery Update!*

Very rare Garbo movie stills from Hollywood by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

May 03, 2008

Garbo at TCM - May 2008 schedule!

TCM UK

May 13:
Flesh and the devil    (5:00 AM)

May 22:
Ninotchka    (7:10 AM)



TCM USA

May 30:
Camille    (11:00 AM)

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May 1, 2008

* RubyRed's magazine article of the month! Update! *

Very interresting Garbo articles from RubyRed!

You can find them  HERE!

April 21, 2008

*GarboForever Update*

    
colorized by Delilah

Garbo fan art by Delilah, RubyRed, and Jean-Charles
(Trivia) Click  HERE!

Garbo candid and private pictures  1920 - 1949 updated!
(Gallery) Click  HERE! (thanks to SnowWhite, Dave Lee and  Gianni)

Garbo's unrealized films
(Trivia) Click   HERE!

Garbo Videos
(Media) Click  HERE!

The films of Alva and Sven
(Trivia) Click  HERE!

Garbo's signature: new letters and notes have been added
(Trivia) Click  HERE!  (Thanks Isaura)

Garbo Stockholm tour: updated
(Trivia) Click  HERE!

Garbo rumors: Orson Welles, Kate Hepburn, Josephine Baker
(Trivia) Click  HERE!  (Thanks RubyRed)

Garbo doubles
(Trivia) Click  HERE!  (Thanks Bea and Polly)

Garbo's family
(Trivia) Click  HERE!

Garbo's postcards: New ones added (again)
(Media) Click  HERE! (thanks to Peter, Jolante, Werner, Bea and Mireille)

Garbo's cigarette cards
(Media) Click  HERE! (thanks to Werner, Bea and Mireille)

Garbo's magazine covers
(Media) Click  HERE! (thanks to Mireille)

Garbo Collectibles
( Media) Click  HERE! (thanks to Juan Albuerne and Luca)

Thanks to all, TJ and J.

April 19, 2008

*Srepac's scan of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by Srepac!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

April 10, 2008

*New on YouTube!*

Ninotchka and Camille colorized tribute

More video's  HERE!

March 9, 2008

*Garbo package of the month Update!*

The "GG and Children" package!

Download the Zip-file   HERE!

April 6, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month ! Gallery Update!*

Very rare Garbo movie stills from Hollywood by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

April 03, 2008

New book about MGM's number one costume designer !

There is a new book coming up on Adrian in April and there will be some things on Garbo.  The title of the book is Adrian: silver screen to custom label

 
Garbo and Adrian on the Camille set

About Adrian and the book

Greta Garbo's cocked hat in Romance, Judy Garland's blue-and-white-gingham pinafore in The Wizard of Oz, Katharine Hepburn's white and silver gown in The Philadelphia Story: these stunning film looks were all created by fashion designer Gilbert Adrian.

From 1924 to 1941, Adrian designed the costumes for dozens of films featuring the stars of Hollywood's golden age. In 1942 Adrian opened his own couture and ready-to-wear business, featuring elegant designs characterized by asymmetrical draping, broad shoulders, dolman sleeves, slim skirts, unique patterned fabrics, and splashes of color. His theme was unmistakable: American design for American women. Adrian: Silver Screen to Custom Label (Monacelli Press) is the first book to present the full range of designer's work and it's far-reaching influence on decades of fashion design.

Author Christian Esquevin discusses Adrian's natural talents for art and design; his studies in Paris, which led him to work on Broadway for Irving Berlin; his long tenure as chief designer for MGM; and his wildly successful fashion line.

Copiously illustrated with archival images from film and fashion runway alike, this volume showcases Adrian's hauntingly beautiful designs and unrivaled position as a creator of American style.

You can purchased the book on Amazon - HERE!

Garbo and Adrian

Most of Garbo's costumes were designed by MGM fashion designer – Adrian. He worked with Garbo over the course of most of her career.

1928, Adrian went to MGM and was hired as chief costume designer at the studio. During this time, Adrian worked with some of the biggest female stars of the day. Garbo and Adrian met in June 1928 for the first time while Greta was filming A woman of Affairs. MGM wanted him desperately to design new gowns for Garbo.

 
Photos from the late 1920s

Adrian left MGM in 1941 to set up his own independent fashion house, though he still worked closely with Hollywood. After he left MGM he said: "It was because of Garbo that I left M-G-M. In her last picture they wanted to make her a sweater girl, a real American type. I said, 'When the glamour ends for Garbo, it also ends for me. She has created a type. If you destroy that illusion, you destroy her.' When Garbo walked out of the studio, glamour went with her, and so did I."

More about Garbo and Adrian  HERE!

Thanks to Nakis

April 03, 2008

Garbo at TCM - April 2008 schedule!

TCM UK

April 2:
Anna Christie    (5:00 AM)

April 14:
Grand Hotel    (2:00 AM)



TCM USA

April 7:
Queen Christina    (3:45 AM)

 

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April 1, 2008

* RubyRed's magazine article of the month! Update! *

Very interresting Garbo articles from RubyRed!

You can find them  HERE!

It was written that Garbo revealed to friends that she had actually received a “fan letter” from Germany's ruthless dictator. “I wonder how it would feel to stand face to face with a man like Hitler,” she mused.

Early in World War II, Garbo was told that Adolf Hitler loved her films and admired Camille so much that he allowed its wide distribution in Germany, despite the ‘racial impurity' of director Cukor. The Führer reportedly “retained” a private copy of the film confiscated by his customs officers.

Adolf Hitler

Garbo, in turn, reportedly said she wanted to meet him and try to convince him to stop the war. She felt the power of her personality could alter the course of history, but “if not – I could shoot him”.  Who would dare to search Greta Garbo on a special invitation from the Führer?

The romantic idea that Garbo was willing to martyr herself by assassinating Hitler sounds apocryphal, but her friend Sam Green confirms it: “Once she said, ‘Mr Hitler was big on me. He kept writing and inviting me to come to Germany, and if the war hadn't started when it did, I would have gone and I would have taken a gun out of my purse and shot him, because I'm the only person who would not have been searched.'

  
Garbo in Europe, mid 1940s

That's a direct quote. She said it to me over dinner, and it was so out of character. It wasn't her habit to make up such a story to stop a dinner party. Or maybe not so out of character. As a child, she had had fantasies that ‘I might shorten the life of a cruel king and replace him by a romantic knight'”.

Considering her abhorrence of brutality of any kind, the scheme was uncharacteristically bold – especially from a woman who fretted that nothing she might do could possibly make a difference.

More info about the screenplay  HERE  and more about Garbo and the WWII  HERE!

Many thanks to Jon James Miller

March 15, 2008

* RubyRed's magazine article of the month! Update! *

Very interresting Garbo articles from RubyRed!

You can find them  HERE!

March 8, 2008

*Garbo package of the month Update!*

The "Garbo on Set " package!

Download the Zip-file   HERE!

March 8, 2008

"Garbo Speaks Again" - lecture series in California

March 5, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month ! Gallery Update!*

Very rare Garbo movie stills from Hollywood by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

March 5, 2008

GarboForever-Update!

March 03, 2008

Garbo at TCM - March 2008 schedule!

TCM UK

March 19:
Grand Hotel  (9:00 AM)

March 24:
Ninotchka  (7:10 AM)



TCM USA

March 23:
Grand Hotel   (2:30 AM)

March 27:
Grand Hotel  (8:00 PM)

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March 1, 2008

*Srepac's scan of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by Srepac!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

March 1, 2008

Three Garbo films at 21th Nordic Film Festival in France

February 28, 2008

Andy Warhols "Greta" in German exhibition!

February 24, 2008

*GarboForever Update*

Garbo fan art by TJ and Delilah, RubyRed, Isaura and Jean-Charles
(Trivia) Click  HERE!

Garbo facts in Croatia
(Menue) Click  HERE! (thanks to Delilah)

Garbo's name inspired and used
(Trivia) Click  HERE! (thanks to RubyRed, Henning, SnowWhite and Werner)

Garbo References Pop Culture
(Trivia) Click   HERE! (thanks to Werner)

Garbo's unrealized films
(Trivia) Click  HERE! (thanks to Werner)

Garbo unreleased and lost
(Trivia) Click   HERE! (thanks to Patrick)

Garbo Videos
(Media) Click  HERE!

Garbo portraits by Beaton
(Gallery) Click  HERE! (Thanks to Gianni)

Garbo related Films and more
(Trivia) Click  HERE!  (Thanks to Michelle Sullivan)

Garbo press  articles
(Media) Click  HERE!

Enjoy, TJ

February 24, 2008

Queen Christina screening in Saratoga (California/USA)

February 22, 2008

The "Garbo and Cecil Beaton section" Update

February 20, 2008

Dresses inspired by Garbo

February 20, 2008

*Garbo package of the month Update!*

The "Snow princess" package!

Download the Zip-file   HERE!

February 20, 2008

Garbo at TCM/France - March 2008!

In March and April, TCM-France, will do a special pre-code films tribute. For the time being they have only scheduled the films programmed in March so there might be more Garbo films in April.

More Info  HERE!

TCM FRANCE

March 2:
Queen Christina (1:45 - European time)

March 16:
Anna Christie  (0:30 - European time)

March 28:
Susan Lenox  (0:35 - European time)

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February 20, 2008

Garbo still inspires young actresses today

February 17, 2008

New „Garbo“ inspired fashion line by Vivienne Westwood!

February 17, 2008

*Srepac's scan of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by Srepac!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

February 17, 2008

Garbo was voted the 31th sexiest movie star of all time by Premiere Magazine

The ethereal beauty of this Swedish superstar is legend, but her aloofness is wildly overstated. To see her silent films (such as The Temptress or Flesh and the Devil is a revelation, because the eroticism is achingly immediate. She made a graceful transition to sound, and in Hollywood's golden-era movies, unlike her glamour portraits, she comes vividly to life. She may have said she wanted to be left alone (in Grand Hotel but when she lightened up a bit in Ninotchka ("Garbo laughs!"), she was downright warm.

More Info  HERE!

Thanks To RubyRed

February 11, 2008

New Book by Mark A. Vieira about Thalberg coming this fall!

February 4, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month ! Gallery Update!*

Very rare Garbo movie stills from Hollywood by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

February 05 , 2008

Garbo at TCM - February 2008 schedule!

TCM UK

February 11:
Flesh and the devil (5:00 AM)



TCM USA

February 8:
Grand Hotel  (2:00 PM)
Camille  (4:00 PM)

February 20:
Ninotchka  (11:45 PM)

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January 16, 2008

Garbo fan competition - Part 2

3. Eternal Moment

4. Garbo Laughs  

January 12, 2008

Garbó stage play premiere was a great success

January 11, 2008

Garbo Donruss Americana trading card already sold out!

January 11, 2008

*Srepac's scan of the month! Gallery Update!*

Very large special scans by Srepac!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

January 4, 2008

Garbo at TCM - January 2008 schedule!

TCM UK

January 23:
The divine Garbo (10:05 AM)
Grand Hotel  (11:00 AM)



TCM USA

January 11:
Queen Christina  (6:00 AM)

January 24:
Camille  (8:00 PM)
Anna Karenina   (11:45 PM)

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January 4, 2008

Garbo portraits at Edward Steichen exhibition

This exhibition shows about 180 of his original prints, some featuring such luminaries as Greta Garbo, Gloria Swanson, Gary Cooper and Marlene Dietrich. The exhibition is in collaboration with the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography, Minneapolis , and the Musée d'Elysée, Lausanne.

Steichen photographs of Garbo

Steichen photographs of Garbo are really amazing just because she is seen in her natural mood -without the sometimes heavy costumes and make up of the MGM productions.

Unlike Man Ray and Erwin Blumenfeld, the two other giants of photography in the 1920s and 30s, who also lent their skills to the worlds of fashion and glamour, Steichen was much more pragmatic and practical in his approach, in contrast to their self-consciously avant-garde approaches. More info  HERE!

See his Garbo portraits  HERE!

January 1, 2008

*GarboForever Update*

Garbo Links
(Menue) Click  HERE! (thanks to Annie)

Unreleased and lost films
(Trivia) Click  HERE! (thanks to Gianni and Dave)

Garbo letters or related
(Trivia) Click  HERE! (thanks to Gianni and Patrick)

Garbo stories - meeting Grace Kelly, Maria Callas etc.
(Trivia) Click  HERE! (thanks to Nakis, Meri and SnowWhite)

Garbo related songs
(Trivia) Click  HERE! (thanks to RubyRed)

Garbo art by RubyRed
(Trivia) Click  HERE! (thanks to Anna-Maria)

Garbo References Pop Culture
(Trivia) Click  HERE! (thanks to Isaura)

Garbo Videos and Audio
(Media) Click  HERE!

Garbo Gallery - films
(Gallery) Click  HERE!

with love Nici, TJ & J.

January 1, 2008

New German Queen Christina DVD!

January 1, 2008

*Werner's movie stills of the month ! Gallery Update!*

Very rare Garbo movie stills from Hollywood by GarboWerner!

Visit the Gallery HERE!

January 1, 2008

Anna Christie screening in New York

January 1 , 2008

*Nici's Garbo package of the month Update!*

The "Wild animal" package!

Kisses Nici

Download the Zip-file   HERE!

January 1, 2008

Alle wollen Greta Garbo sehen! - Back on German stage